Kevin Halstead, 50, went out for a drink with friends after his decree absolute arrived in the post last Friday. He bought a lottery ticket the next day - and was gobsmacked when his lucky numbers came up later that evening.

When armed robbers came into Donnie Register's antique shop in Jackson Mississippi this weekend, pointing guns and demanding cash, Register threw his left hand in front of his face. One of the robbers fired a shot, hitting the shopkeeper on his wedding ring, which deflected the bullet away from his face, almost certainly saving his life.

Hours after the dam incident, two guys walked away from a plane crash at a swanky Austin golf course. With all this bizarre shit going on around here, and being perpetually UN-lucky, I'm wearin' a helmet to work from now on.